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AssigneeIPF, Inc.
InventorThomas J. Perkowski
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A system and method for finding and serving consumer product-related information over the Internet (10) to consumers. The system includes Internet Information servers (33) which store information pertaining to Universal Product Number (e.g. UPC number) preassigned to each consumer product registered with the system, along with a list of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) that point to the location of one or more information resources on the Internet, e.g. World Wide Web-sites, which are related to such registered consumer products. Upon entering the UPC number into the system using a conventional Internet browser program (13), the menu of URLs associated with the entered UPC number is automatically displayed for user selection. The displayed menu of URLs are categorically arranged according to specific types of product information.
A system of finding and serving information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, said system comprising:
A method of finding and serving information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, said method comprising the steps of:
A system of finding and serving information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, said system comprising:
A method of finding and serving information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, said method comprising the steps of:
An Internet-based consumer product information delivery system comprising:
A consumer product information finding system comprising:
A method of providing consumer product information to consumers in retail stores, at home, in the office or on the road, said method comprising the steps of:
A consumer producing information finding and serving system comprising:
A consumer producing information finding and serving system comprising:
A consumer information management system enabling access to a predesignated information resource linked to a product assigned a Universal Product Number (UPN) by entering said UPN into an Internet enabled browser.
A system of finding information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, comprising:
A method of finding information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, comprising the steps of:
A system of finding information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, comprising:
A method of finding information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, comprising the steps of:
The method of claim 40, wherein each said trademark is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in conjunction with said product.
A database server connected to the Internet comprising:
A database server connected to the Internet comprising:
A system of finding information pertaining to a particular service on the Internet, comprising:
A method of finding information pertaining to a particular service on the Internet, comprising the steps of:
A system of finding information pertaining to a particular service on the Internet, comprising:
A method of finding information pertaining to a particular service on the Internet, comprising the steps of:
A database server connected to the Internet comprising:
A database server connected to the Internet comprising:
A system of finding information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, comprising:
A method of finding information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, comprising the steps of:
A service-related information material which comprises:
A product-related information brochure which comprises:
A system installable within a store, comprising:
A system of finding information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, comprising:
A consumer product information accessing system installable within a store, comprising:
A system for collecting and transmitting product related information on the Internet, said system comprising:
A database server connected to the Internet, comprising:
A database server connected to the Internet comprising:
An Internet-supported kiosk for use by consumers within a retail shopping environment, said Internet-supported kiosk comprising:
A system for collecting and transmitting product related information on the Internet, said system comprising:
An information collection system for collecting consumer product related information from manufacturers over the Internet and transmitting said consumer product related information to an Internet-based consumer product information finding and serving system, said information collection system comprising:
A method of finding and serving information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, said method comprising the steps of:
A system of finding and serving information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, said system comprising:
A method of finding and serving information pertaining to a particular product on the Internet, said method comprising the steps of:
An Internet-based consumer product information delivery system comprising:
A consumer product information finding system comprising:
A method of providing consumer product information to consumers in retail stores, at home, in the office or on the road, said method comprising the steps of:
An Internet-based product information database subsystem which, for each commercially available consumer-product, stores number of information elements comprising:
An Internet-based product information database management subsystem which comprises:
A system wherein any type of consumer product can be registered with the system by symbolically linking or relating (i) its preassigned Universal Product Number (e.g. UPC or EAN number) or at least the Manufacture Identification Number (MIN) portion thereof with (ii) the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of one or more information resources on the Internet (e.g. the home page of the manufacturer's Web-site) related to such products.
A Web-based document transport subsystem wherein manufacturers as well as their advertisers and agents can register, within an Internet-based database, the UPNs (e.g. UPC numbers) of their products and the URLs of the information resources related to such products.
A consumer product information finding and sserving system comprising:
A consumer product information finding and sserving system comprising:
A consumer product information access terminal located at a point-of-sale (POS) station, wherein the bar code symbol reader integrated with the POS station can be used to read the UPC numbers on consumer products being offered for sale in the store in order to access consumer product related information from hyper-linked Websites on the Internet, for display on a display screen located at the POS station.
A consumer product information access terminal located installed within retail shopping environments comprising:
A relational database for use within the product information finding and serving subsystem, wherein said relational database is initially “seeded” with:
A system for finding and serving consumer-product related information on the Internet, wherein consumer product related information links contained within a limited-version of the UPN/URL Database of each registered manufacturer (or retailer) can accessed from the manufacturer's (or retailer's) company Website and served to consumers requesting such information by way of UPC (or EAN) number entry.
A system for finding and serving consumer-product related information on the Internet, wherein at the time of registering each manufacturer (or retailer) with the system, an Internet-based registration server automatically transmits a computer program to the manufacturer's (or retailer's) computer system for use in constructing and maintaining a limited-version UPN/URL database related to the manufacturer's (or retailer's) products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.